[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51275-51276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25118]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat. 
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a) (3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.

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    Docket Number: 95-061R. Applicant: University of Southern 
California, 1540 Alcazar, Bldg. CHP 155, Los Angeles, CA 90033. 
Instrument: 3-Dimensional Motion Analyser, Model Vicon System 370. 
Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in the 
Federal Register of August 10, 1995.
    Docket Number: 96-095. Applicant: The University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill, Chemistry Department, CB #3290, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-
3290. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer, Model SF-61DX2. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in kinetic studies performed on oxidation-
reduction chemical reactions between ruthenium and osmium based metal-
organic complexes and several classes of substrates including: the 
catalytic oxidation of water, oxidations of organic compounds and 
electron transfer reactions between metal-organic complexes in 
solution. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 5, 
1996.
    Docket Number: 96-096. Applicant: University of Vermont, College of 
Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer, Model 
Deltaplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of amino acid and protein 
metabolism in humans to elucidate how the body regulates amino acids 
and protein in the body, how it handles dietary intake and how other 
nutrients (e.g. carbohydrate and fat) interact with them. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 10, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-097. Applicant: Northwestern University Medical 
School, Department of Cell Biology, 303 E. Chicago Avenue--Ward 7-143, 
Chicago, IL 60611. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1220. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of the molecular architecture of tissues, cells and 
isolated molecules obtained as part of the experimental data derived 
from biomedical research projects. The relationship between cell 
structure and function will be investigated. The experiments will 
involve determining alterations in cells during different physiological 
activities and in pathological states. In addition, the instrument will 
be used for educational purposes for graduate students, postdoctoral 
fellows, medical students and dental students and faculty. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 11, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-25118 Filed 9-30-96; 8:45 am]
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